Question

What happens when propanone is treated with CH₃MgBr and then hydrolysed?

Give the chemical equation:

What happens when propanone is treated with CH₃MgBr and then hydrolysed?

Answer 1

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{\phantom{..........................................}CH3\phantom{......................}CH3\phantom{...........}Br\phantom{.}}\\
\phantom{........................................}|\phantom{..........................}|\phantom{.............}/\phantom{.}\\
\ce{CH3 - C = O + CH3MgBr -> CH3 - C - OMgBr ->[+HOH][]CH3 - C - OH + Mg}\\
\phantom{.................}|\phantom{..............................}|\phantom{..........................}|\phantom{.............}\backslash\phantom{........}\\
\ce{\phantom{................}CH3\phantom{..........................}CH3\phantom{......................}CH3\phantom{............}OH\phantom{....}}
\end{array}\]